Bridle-blinder



(No Model.)

A. HOSAOK.

` Bridle Blnders. No. 234,779. Patented Nov. 23,1880.

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BRIDLE-BLINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,779, dated November 23, 1880.

Application tiled September 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED HOSAGK, of Silver Lake, in the county of Kosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Blinders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which I have represented a perspective View of a headstall with blinders embodying my improvement.

This invention contemplates improvements in stays for the blinders of headstalls or bridles to prevent the apping of the blinders and avoid their striking the horse in the face and eyes; and it consists in the combination, with the blinders and with the headstall, of an adjustable stay or brace, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A indicates the bridle or headstall, which may be of any desired pattern or construction, and is provided with the usual blinders E E.

B B are the stays, which are made in one piece and bent in the middle to form a loop or upper outer corners of the blinders. The bent middle part or loop, b, is inserted into a socketed plate, C, and held in place therein by a clamping-screw, D. By loosening this screw (No model.)

loop b may be adjusted up or down within its socket, thereby effecting the lateral adjustment of the blinders E E, as occasion may require, so that these will at all times hang free ofthe eyes.

It is obvious that, it' desired, the stay or blinder-brace B may be made in two parts or pieces, bent at their inner ends to form the parts b b, which are inserted into appropriate sockets in plate O and held in place adj ustably by the clampscrew D; but I prefer, for the sake of convenience, to make the stay in one piece, as shown in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States l. In a bridle or headstall, the combination, with the blinders E E, ot' the stay or stays B, bent midway to form the loop b, secured adjustably in the socketed plate C, as set forth.

2. In a bridle or headstall, the combination of the blinders E E, stay or stays B B, having middle bent part or loop, b b, socketed plate G, and clampscrew D, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED HOSAGK.

Witnesses:

J AMES E. GOERELL,

FRANK M. FLECK. 

